The Pacific Islands Forum’s Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) will be held in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) from June 22-24, 2026, organisers have confirmed, with preparations already under way for the three-day ministerial gathering. The meeting will bring finance and economic ministers from Forum member countries together to set and advance regional economic priorities for the Blue Pacific.
FEMM is a regular platform for ministers to coordinate policy on trade, investment, fiscal resilience and climate-related finance. Delegates are expected to focus on issues of pressing concern across the region, including how to improve access to climate finance, strengthen economic resilience against disasters, and deepen regional economic integration under the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent.
The announcement builds on a string of FEMM and related ministerial meetings held across the region in recent years. A Special FEMM in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, in March 2025 moved work forward on several key initiatives — the Pacific Roadmap for Economic Development (PRED), the Climate Finance Access and Mobilisation Strategy (CFAMS), and the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) — and those initiatives are likely to feature prominently in next year’s agenda in the Marshall Islands. A series of Forum ministerial meetings held in Suva in mid-2025 also helped set the preparatory workstreams that ministers will revisit in 2026.
According to the brief scheduling notice, the RMI government and the Forum Secretariat are coordinating logistics and the draft programme, and delegations have been advised to make travel and preparatory arrangements. While detailed agenda papers and participant lists have not yet been released, observers expect FEMM in Majuro to refine operational arrangements for the PRF, advance measures to simplify climate finance access under CFAMS, and consider policy coherence measures under PRED to support longer-term economic development goals.
The timing of the meeting places it in the wider calendar of Pacific regional diplomacy and planning, where ministerial decisions on finance often feed into Leaders’ priorities. Outcomes from FEMM typically guide technical work and shape proposals presented at subsequent Heads of Government meetings, particularly on financing mechanisms and pooled approaches to climate and disaster risk management — issues that remain urgent for small island states facing rising sea levels and extreme weather.
This latest scheduling update signals a renewed push to translate earlier policy agreements into concrete financing and implementation steps. With the RMI hosting, ministers from across the Blue Pacific will have an early 2026 opportunity to consolidate regional positions on funding, resilience and economic integration ahead of other Forum engagements later in the year. Further details on the FEMM agenda and official delegate lists are expected to be released by the Forum Secretariat and the RMI government as preparatory work continues.
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